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that is opposed to brazil, where you have 1000 law schools, you can open a law school for a couple hundred bucks, and they have a huge failure rate. we are working with the brazilians, other colleges, law schools. i spoke to their major university about these issues, and they are doing what they can to increase. i would tell them to make sure that the legal education is a quality legal education. it is the first of to have a monopoly, so you can control the lawyers, and make sure they are acting in an ethical way. i think there was a third part of the question, what would i tell them not to do. by the way, before i get to that, in vietnam, i recently met with the president of their bar association, similar to the american bar. in most countries, they have a government bar association that is part of the government, in effect. then they just have an non-club federated are. the person was a 70-year-old viet cong that was the chair. one of the most interesting conversations i ever had. someone who did not told anyanger, -- not hold any anger, but wanted information and help from america. the
that is opposed to brazil, where you have 1000 law schools, you can open a law school for a couple hundred bucks, and they have a huge failure rate. we are working with the brazilians, other colleges, law schools. i spoke to their major university about these issues, and they are doing what they can to increase. i would tell them to make sure that the legal education is a quality legal education. it is the first of to have a monopoly, so you can control the lawyers, and make sure they are...
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the nuremberg laws were rules by law. what exists around most of the world and in cuba today come in my own experience, is that the most powerful, the most privileged, get together and decide what rights, if any, the minority have. the united states constitution is the rule by law. the rule by law is to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. it is the classic definition of law. now, the rule of law is what justice kennedy and justice roberts recently spoke about. in their opinions, one was involving the flag-burning case. texas vs. johnson. the other one was by justice kennedy. the other one was by justice roberts very recently in the demonstrations of military fit -- demonstrations at military funerals. they both said the same thing. they said, we don't like what these people did. as a matter of fact, what they did and their beliefs are abhorrent to most americans, and to us personally, but unless we protect their rights, all our rights are in jeopardy. and that is why the concept of a constitutional demo
the nuremberg laws were rules by law. what exists around most of the world and in cuba today come in my own experience, is that the most powerful, the most privileged, get together and decide what rights, if any, the minority have. the united states constitution is the rule by law. the rule by law is to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. it is the classic definition of law. now, the rule of law is what justice kennedy and justice roberts recently spoke about. in their...
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but these are not laws. >> who determines they're not laws? the president by executive order, that is not a law. what i am saying is here, these restrictio restrictions, especially not in our constitution but guaranteed rights and liberties for our second amendment freedoms. >> tell me how these orders violate constitutional freedom. well, many of these orders, there's 23 as you pointed out. >> well, grif me one of them. >> what the president is talking a and now president finestein is embodying, and this is the right approach to talk. >> well, most americans would agree that yes, we should have background checks. but this idea to think that we're establishing another law or a regulation somehow is going to make america safer. >> you're not telling me how it violates constitutional law. he appointed the head of the atf by executive order. are you telling me that's unconstitutional? >> not at all. >> so you're going to decide what executive order the constitutional right has to do. it's all right with you that he did atf. but it's not all right
but these are not laws. >> who determines they're not laws? the president by executive order, that is not a law. what i am saying is here, these restrictio restrictions, especially not in our constitution but guaranteed rights and liberties for our second amendment freedoms. >> tell me how these orders violate constitutional freedom. well, many of these orders, there's 23 as you pointed out. >> well, grif me one of them. >> what the president is talking a and now...
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they can change the law they dominate the law that's a scary reality and if i'm correct on that basis then we can expect huge economic costs for the ninety nine point nine percent of us who do not enjoy criminal immunity and don't have a lobbyist on our street. to demonstrate how preposterous this financial terrorism and co-option of the of the rule of law by banks are has become lanny brower said they wouldn't be pursuing charges against h.s.b.c. for laundering money for drug cartels and terrorists in saudi arabia because to do so could destabilize the global financial system your thoughts professor. well i don't think that passes the raph koster i think that's utter hogwash if you want to do stabilize the financial system as we learned in two thousand and eight our small band of financial elites completely dominate law to be above the law and you'll get clarity of financial instability if you want a stable financial system you need the rule of law investors need to have confidence that when they made brush with decisions it's backed by regrew regulatory frameworks that see to it if
they can change the law they dominate the law that's a scary reality and if i'm correct on that basis then we can expect huge economic costs for the ninety nine point nine percent of us who do not enjoy criminal immunity and don't have a lobbyist on our street. to demonstrate how preposterous this financial terrorism and co-option of the of the rule of law by banks are has become lanny brower said they wouldn't be pursuing charges against h.s.b.c. for laundering money for drug cartels and...
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because they change the laws to favor this massive larceny and lawbreaking therefore you have to look at in the context of is the social contract broken are these people who are there to represent us are they now at risk of being overthrown and any definition of democracy the answer would be unequivocal yes well let's look back at this day so august sixteenth six pm it's a thursday this is when geithner was in this meeting with lacker and ben bernanke discussing the forthcoming reduction in the discount rate this is the rate that only banks get at the discount window when they have to go to the fed to borrow money in a crisis situation of liquidity so. let's look at the charts of the s. and p. five hundred that day you see that here and was there head says what happened on august fifteenth and continued through sixth the sixteenth was an aggressive bout of selling that took the s. and p. from thirteen ninety down to thirteen sixty at the close of the prior trading day and subsequently sent it lower by another thirty points to thirteen thirty at just about two pm eastern time what happ
because they change the laws to favor this massive larceny and lawbreaking therefore you have to look at in the context of is the social contract broken are these people who are there to represent us are they now at risk of being overthrown and any definition of democracy the answer would be unequivocal yes well let's look back at this day so august sixteenth six pm it's a thursday this is when geithner was in this meeting with lacker and ben bernanke discussing the forthcoming reduction in the...
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enforcement -- we don't have a lot of laws in place. i say all the time "it's not illegal to be mean to each other" and i tell that to adults and i can't tell you government officials "i have free speech. i can say what i want" and they have good arguments. i will give them that but you need to show them -- and law enforcement needs to show them it's not okay and we take it seriously and i do counseling for issues that originate at school and social media, whatever it is but as part the solution and we are standing up together and saying it's not okay. >> and holly this is no longer a local program, correct? >> it's amazing the response and law enforcement and everybody is looking for tools and answers to get some solutions and so we took it to washington dc earlier in the summer, so we have been working with maryland and virginia and all over california and hopefully washington soon and really excited to get everybody interested with the information. >> somebody asked how do you implement a restorative justice program? do you have that
enforcement -- we don't have a lot of laws in place. i say all the time "it's not illegal to be mean to each other" and i tell that to adults and i can't tell you government officials "i have free speech. i can say what i want" and they have good arguments. i will give them that but you need to show them -- and law enforcement needs to show them it's not okay and we take it seriously and i do counseling for issues that originate at school and social media, whatever it is but...
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ability to endorse federal law. normally i get that through the ear but the knew -- pneumatic tube system didn't realize the question was retouriccal. i'll -- rhetorical. i'll bite. the atf isn't allowed to inspect dealers more than once a year and in reality get to inspect them once every 17 years. i'm assuming that's because it doesn't have enough agents and not that the atf agents are cicadas. [ laughter ] let that insect joke just wash over you. [ laughter ] well, i guess self report inventories from dealers are better than nothing. what is that? oh, my god! why it's gunther my messenger pigeon. we can't rely on self reported inventories either because the atf cannot require dealers to keep track of their own inven tourism a congressman stuck an amendment into a federal spending bill that restricted the atf's ability to do what the nra said they should do. it required the destruction of background check records within 24 hours. you know, to make sure no mistakes could be corrected. [ laughter ] who did this? wha
ability to endorse federal law. normally i get that through the ear but the knew -- pneumatic tube system didn't realize the question was retouriccal. i'll -- rhetorical. i'll bite. the atf isn't allowed to inspect dealers more than once a year and in reality get to inspect them once every 17 years. i'm assuming that's because it doesn't have enough agents and not that the atf agents are cicadas. [ laughter ] let that insect joke just wash over you. [ laughter ] well, i guess self report...
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and was there anything proposed this week or the new york law, executive orders, the laws that the president is proposing, anything that will keep people safe that will keep this from happening again? >> if you're talking about the president's proposals on school safety, i'm glad that he acknowledged to have an armed presence in our school systems to keep the children safe, but the proposals were totally inadequate to accomplish that objective. you know, on the school safety side which i am looking at, you looked at funding for the cops program which means that money can be diverted away from the schools, might not even wind up there in helping the schools provide a more secure environment and in terms of what's been provided to congress on the gun control side, all i can say, that's not going to help keep our children safer and i want to look for solutions in the schools to have better technology, have the better architecture, have the armed trained presence there, to really protect the children and keep our parents having confidence in our schools. >> sean: they keep saying gun-free school
and was there anything proposed this week or the new york law, executive orders, the laws that the president is proposing, anything that will keep people safe that will keep this from happening again? >> if you're talking about the president's proposals on school safety, i'm glad that he acknowledged to have an armed presence in our school systems to keep the children safe, but the proposals were totally inadequate to accomplish that objective. you know, on the school safety side which i...
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and was there anything proposed this week or the new york law, executive orders, the laws that the president is proposing, anything that will keep people safe that will keep this from happening again? >> if you're talking about the president's proposals on school safety, i'm glad that he acknowledged to have an armed presence in our school systems to keep the children safe, but the proposals were totally inadequate to accomplish that objective. you know, on the school safety side which i am looking at, you looked at funding for the cops program which means that money can be diverted away from the schools, might not even wind up there in helping the schools provide a more secure environment and in terms of what's been provided to congress on the gun control side, all i can say, that's not going to help keep our children safer and i want to look for solutions in the schools to have better technology, have the better architecture, have the armed trained presence there, to really protect the children and keep our parents having confidence in our schools. >> sean: they keep saying gun-free school
and was there anything proposed this week or the new york law, executive orders, the laws that the president is proposing, anything that will keep people safe that will keep this from happening again? >> if you're talking about the president's proposals on school safety, i'm glad that he acknowledged to have an armed presence in our school systems to keep the children safe, but the proposals were totally inadequate to accomplish that objective. you know, on the school safety side which i...
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what we experienced in sandy hook, did they break the law? of course they broke the law. these 500 individuals who were killed in chicago, they're breaking the law. is one more law, i don't care if you named it james' law, i don't want it. >> megyn: wow. the first we've heard from one of the newtown parents with an opinion like that, we've seen parents come out in favor of gun control, but this is a new and different voice in the chorus. the hearing in hartford is still going on and we're monitoring it and we're going to run mark matoli's remarks as least at this point. and the one saying he thinks it's badly lacking in america today and how it can help prevent future incidents like sandy hook. we're going to run that for you at 1:30 and we're going to have a fair and balanced debate where this goes from here after you listen to mark matioli upcoming. a story in milwaukee also getting attention today as a sheriff there says calling 911 is no longer your best option and he's urging folks in his county to learn how to handle a firearm. coming out with a blunt new public ser
what we experienced in sandy hook, did they break the law? of course they broke the law. these 500 individuals who were killed in chicago, they're breaking the law. is one more law, i don't care if you named it james' law, i don't want it. >> megyn: wow. the first we've heard from one of the newtown parents with an opinion like that, we've seen parents come out in favor of gun control, but this is a new and different voice in the chorus. the hearing in hartford is still going on and we're...
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and now other law enforcement officials why are they being so secretive about this device. right was we mentioned earlier many times these surveillance devices that are on the cutting edge of technology are built in order to take on terrorism but as we see in police departments around the country a lot of times surveillance technology is used while there's a very gray line on whether it's used on criminals and whether that is going to be the privacy of civilians who are not committing the law in this case there is a gray area and simply said there aren't a lot of laws to address this sort of surveillance and this sort of what some perceive as an invasion of privacy rights and ramon as you mentioned a little bit earlier it's not only the people that they are targeting for these drug and other robbery crimes it's also the people that are in the general area i mean one article actually equated this device to a general search warrant for anyone in the area and it's kind of like what they said as big as a big game of marco polo where they send out a signal and everyone's devices
and now other law enforcement officials why are they being so secretive about this device. right was we mentioned earlier many times these surveillance devices that are on the cutting edge of technology are built in order to take on terrorism but as we see in police departments around the country a lot of times surveillance technology is used while there's a very gray line on whether it's used on criminals and whether that is going to be the privacy of civilians who are not committing the law...
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the law has a bright line. it says if you engage in a wongful action, there is a defense called the insanity defense which never works as most of us know because we don't recognize it. should we recognize it, that's an interesting question. should we have a more robust concept of diminished responsibility in light of the understanding that some people have less control over their preferences and desires or should we have better sentencing schemes or get rid of incarceration and come up with different models of trying to deal with punishment once we understand people have wrong selections. i think those are all interesting questions, but is there free will? well, the fact that almost everybody in the audience raised either their right or left hand contemplated it and were quickly able to act and respond. that to me says, yes, there is. now what do we want to do about it? now that we understand that those of us in the audience or up here that like chocolate cake may not have control over it, how do we want to acc
the law has a bright line. it says if you engage in a wongful action, there is a defense called the insanity defense which never works as most of us know because we don't recognize it. should we recognize it, that's an interesting question. should we have a more robust concept of diminished responsibility in light of the understanding that some people have less control over their preferences and desires or should we have better sentencing schemes or get rid of incarceration and come up with...
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did i want to go to seminary or to law school? and for family reasons, my husband wanted to relocate to connecticut, i wound up in law school rather than in seminary. and was delighted when i discovered that i could do a joint degree with the divinity school at yale and thought i had been trading off one interest against the other and discovered thanks to the availability of interdisciplinary training that i could actually combine my interests. and so i started in around 1982. i'm in my 0th year -- my 30th year of working in this field and find myself still fascinated, still intrigued. and dedicated to thinking deeply about the relationship between law and religion. >> host: where was this picture from on the cover of "the spirit of the law"? >> guest: oh, this is outside the united states supreme court, and it was taken on a day that a challenge to the pledge of allegiance -- not the requirement that students say it, but the insertion of the words "under god" into the pledge of allegiance which happened, actually, in the 1950s in
did i want to go to seminary or to law school? and for family reasons, my husband wanted to relocate to connecticut, i wound up in law school rather than in seminary. and was delighted when i discovered that i could do a joint degree with the divinity school at yale and thought i had been trading off one interest against the other and discovered thanks to the availability of interdisciplinary training that i could actually combine my interests. and so i started in around 1982. i'm in my 0th...
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as legislators, it's your duty and privilege to pass laws. what we need to do for our future will require producing hundreds of new laws each year. the great writer of the 16th century wisely wrote, there is little relation between our actions, which are in perpetball mutation. the most desirable laws are the rarest, simplest and most general. think it would be better to have none at all than in such numbers as we have. constantly expanding the coercive power of government by adding each year so many minute prescriptions to detailed legal system overshadows other aspects of public service. individual creativity and direct leadership must also play a part. we do this not by commanding thou shall or thou shall not but to organize people. lay the ten commandments next to the education code and you'll see how far we diverged in approaching content to that forms the basis of our legal system. in the right order of things, education, the early fashioning of character and the formation of conscience, comes before legislation. nothing is more determi
as legislators, it's your duty and privilege to pass laws. what we need to do for our future will require producing hundreds of new laws each year. the great writer of the 16th century wisely wrote, there is little relation between our actions, which are in perpetball mutation. the most desirable laws are the rarest, simplest and most general. think it would be better to have none at all than in such numbers as we have. constantly expanding the coercive power of government by adding each year...
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but we believe in law. we believe that people should wait their time and people should be able to accept -- be accepted here, over a million a year, in and orderly proficiency not a disorderly process and that we shouldn't be rewarding those who violate the law and making it even harder for those who try to comply with the law enforcement thank the chair and would yield the floor. mr. coats: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: mr. president, i have been coming to the senate floor just about every day that we have been in session so far this year, and i'm going to continue to do so, and talk about what i believe is our most pressing crisis that this body faces and that our country faces, and that is the uncontrolled ru runaway federal spundzing and accumulated debt and how it is dragging our economy down and how it threatens to provoke a major economic disaster if not addressed. in previous remarks that i have made on this floor, i tried to make the point that if we fai
but we believe in law. we believe that people should wait their time and people should be able to accept -- be accepted here, over a million a year, in and orderly proficiency not a disorderly process and that we shouldn't be rewarding those who violate the law and making it even harder for those who try to comply with the law enforcement thank the chair and would yield the floor. mr. coats: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: mr. president, i have been...
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can any of these laws from a law enforcement perspective, can any of them be properly effective if they're not federal laws. >> 90% of the guns in new york city are coming from out of state. we call it the iron pipeline up i-95, coming from southern states to a great extent. there's a trial going on now, a police officer who was shot and killed last year. his gun was purchased in virginia, and it's typical of the guns that we encounter on the street. so you're correct. unless we have a comprehensive national strategy, we're going to have a patchwork approach. new york, certainly now, has the strongest gun control laws in the country, and that's a good thing, but unless other states start to adopt that, we're still going to be plagued by the flow of guns. just a reality of urban life. >> and to politicians out there who are feeling that although their conscience may dictate that they agree with new gun control laws, their political aspirations may be too damaged by the gun lobbyists, nra and others, in terms of being able to win their seats or to retain their seats. what do you say to them,
can any of these laws from a law enforcement perspective, can any of them be properly effective if they're not federal laws. >> 90% of the guns in new york city are coming from out of state. we call it the iron pipeline up i-95, coming from southern states to a great extent. there's a trial going on now, a police officer who was shot and killed last year. his gun was purchased in virginia, and it's typical of the guns that we encounter on the street. so you're correct. unless we have a...
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and to give some strength to encourage teachers to do this, there was a law passed recently. assembly bill nine and amends the education code and requires school personnel, whether it's teachers or administrators if they see something that looks bullying they are required to intervene when it's safe and appropriate to do so, i think it's the kind of law that is trying to give teachers -- yeah, you are the authority figure. you are supposed to do this and we will support your efforts. assembly bill nine and amends the education code and it's just something that might be useful for the school personnel here. >> okay. we have time for just a couple of questions but before that i'm going to ask you a panel and you only get three words to answer. i'm going to cut you off. you can use one word. money is a problem in terms of programs. if you had all the money in the world what would you do to combat bullying? >> kids, empower, empower kids. >> okay. can specific. >> education and prevention. >> restorative justice and healing. >> that's too many words. nancy. >> healing and interve
and to give some strength to encourage teachers to do this, there was a law passed recently. assembly bill nine and amends the education code and requires school personnel, whether it's teachers or administrators if they see something that looks bullying they are required to intervene when it's safe and appropriate to do so, i think it's the kind of law that is trying to give teachers -- yeah, you are the authority figure. you are supposed to do this and we will support your efforts. assembly...
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it is not just about enforcing the laws that make it clear how the laws apply. it is, though, as we said, you can't get at this through enforcement alone. this is a culture that tolerates this and in too many ways promotes it. as tom mentioned we have an unprecedented partnership not just between our agencies but agencies across the federal government that the president has convened to bring our best resources and minds to bear to do something about it. there is now a web site, stopbullying.gov where a tool kit is being developed and these kinds of best practices are being promoted. the center for disease control, the division of violence prevention, an effort to use good data in research, they have released a come pend yum of common bullying tools. that's also available online. we are doing these conversations with community and the president has convened now two bullying summits where we bring the best practices to bear and learn locally. we've been doing webinar series across the country, you can find the dates for those on the web site. tom also mentioned ab
it is not just about enforcing the laws that make it clear how the laws apply. it is, though, as we said, you can't get at this through enforcement alone. this is a culture that tolerates this and in too many ways promotes it. as tom mentioned we have an unprecedented partnership not just between our agencies but agencies across the federal government that the president has convened to bring our best resources and minds to bear to do something about it. there is now a web site, stopbullying.gov...
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the strictest laws in the united states. new york is number one and we're number two and the mayor vis-a-vis supervisor cohen is introducing two pieces of legislation will tighten up laws above what california has in san francisco. >> it's going into specifics around that and there are unique aspects of san francisco law people might not be aware of so let's getting an idea of what the requirements are, what the law is, and after that what the policies and practices of the department are in general in dealing with gun violence. >> i had a brief conversation with deputy chief beale railroading that. >> and just. >> >> just to be clear we have the presentation for kudo next week. oh do we -- >> only four. >> that is fine. that's i -- a quorum. thank you. >> i should ask for public comment and what we add to that. energy none public comment is closed. we're actually missing doctor marshall for four. let's go to line item five and move back to four. >> line item five and recommend that the board of supervisors adopt a resolution
the strictest laws in the united states. new york is number one and we're number two and the mayor vis-a-vis supervisor cohen is introducing two pieces of legislation will tighten up laws above what california has in san francisco. >> it's going into specifics around that and there are unique aspects of san francisco law people might not be aware of so let's getting an idea of what the requirements are, what the law is, and after that what the policies and practices of the department are...
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the law has to reflect that, the principles do. one thing that we do that is not getting enough attention, really big deal. maybe because i'm from florida it is a bigger deal to me. someone comes into this country and a temporary visa. we know when the command but not if they have relief. on other things i call for is a full implementation of the season -- lisa. 40 percent of our undocumented people enter legally and overstay visas. the border is critical to the critically important. the border is not just an immigration issue been bigger national security issue that is immigration. finally, the workplace enforcement issue is critical as well, whether it is e-verify, or some other process, if you don't have a control at the workplace enforcement you're going to continue to have a magnet for people to come here without documents. lou: senator, one of your fellow senators, ted crews joining the senate this year, expressing his reservations, if i may quote what he has said for our audience's benefit. he said in response to the proposa
the law has to reflect that, the principles do. one thing that we do that is not getting enough attention, really big deal. maybe because i'm from florida it is a bigger deal to me. someone comes into this country and a temporary visa. we know when the command but not if they have relief. on other things i call for is a full implementation of the season -- lisa. 40 percent of our undocumented people enter legally and overstay visas. the border is critical to the critically important. the border...
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when we finished law school we both went to the east coast to work for large law firms. over the years we stayed in close touch. when chris was back from over seas we were frequent tennis partners and would get together for dinners and other events in washington. over the years our families became friends as well. it's been such a pleasure to come to know them and chris's many friends in washington and to watch his career unfold. we met on the first day of school. i sat down in our civil procedure class next to a person who turned out to be named chris highland. shortly thereafter chris stevens sat down next to me. the three of us went to lunch afterwards and became friends from that day forward. chris never tried to be someone special but he was someone special. when we were at hastings his charm and wit were on display from the start. in class he was very articulate and seemed as later in life always very poised and well spoken and at ease. i think our professors loved him. he liked being a student, even studying at the national war college a few years ago. he always s
when we finished law school we both went to the east coast to work for large law firms. over the years we stayed in close touch. when chris was back from over seas we were frequent tennis partners and would get together for dinners and other events in washington. over the years our families became friends as well. it's been such a pleasure to come to know them and chris's many friends in washington and to watch his career unfold. we met on the first day of school. i sat down in our civil...
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>> aaron's view about copyright law was not that we should abolish copyright law. he was very much like the president was when the president was talking about the iraq war. i'm not against all war. i'm against dumb wars. and aaron was against the dumb applications of copyright law. so in his view the idea that journal articles were not accessible to the rest of the world was a dumb application of copyright laws, because it wasn't like they were making money from these articles. this was the kind of work that ought to be available freely and broodly, but because of the way the system was working it just wasn't vail. so nobody knows because he didn't say. and what i know i can't reveal because i was actually advising me as an attorney after he was arrested. nobody knows exactly what aaron was doing, but the point is whatever you think he was doing. this was not a terrorist. this was not somebody who was trying to steal credit card information break into government databases and reveal secrets of the united states. whatever he was doing, it didn't deserve the find of
>> aaron's view about copyright law was not that we should abolish copyright law. he was very much like the president was when the president was talking about the iraq war. i'm not against all war. i'm against dumb wars. and aaron was against the dumb applications of copyright law. so in his view the idea that journal articles were not accessible to the rest of the world was a dumb application of copyright laws, because it wasn't like they were making money from these articles. this was...
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the laws in this area are strict compliance laws, and they are very specific. the federal law since 1990 indicates issues from 1998. all businesses, such as a grocery store, a dentist's office, restaurants, a doctor's office, virtually anything that a member of the public comes into the -- comes into needs to be a barrier-free. we will go over what barriers are. every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are hearing about are wheelchair accessibility issues. there is a small group of private individuals who are wheelchair-down that go around the city and they look at small businesses. and i dare say anybody in small restaurants have some accessibility issues. it is another attempt at making your building wheelchair accessible. i am not sure which of you may be merchants and which it may be landlords. the law applies to both. and that means you were 100% liable for any barriers to access and any damages that may be associated with those barriers. there are ways you can defend yo
the laws in this area are strict compliance laws, and they are very specific. the federal law since 1990 indicates issues from 1998. all businesses, such as a grocery store, a dentist's office, restaurants, a doctor's office, virtually anything that a member of the public comes into the -- comes into needs to be a barrier-free. we will go over what barriers are. every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are...
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where is the law? it's nowhere. >> it is an agreement between two or more states. we have 7 states that have now passed it. >> legislatures voted for it and governor signed it into law. that will be presented to congress. this is a way for to say we can do a better job we are close to the people. this is a good approach across the board not just in healthcare. >> they almost have no complexibility they have to cover this and this and this whatever obama care tidictates. >> if states want to have a less approach to healthcare they can opt into the federal government or do a state like texas will do or free market system and find out what really works. >> let's look at where the federal government has taken over school the department of education. >> the department of education a total waste. $00 billion spent no improvement in test scores. >> they spend 1 is00 billion a year with no results. we as americans have allowed that to continue far too long. it is time to drive that back to the parents. >> some
where is the law? it's nowhere. >> it is an agreement between two or more states. we have 7 states that have now passed it. >> legislatures voted for it and governor signed it into law. that will be presented to congress. this is a way for to say we can do a better job we are close to the people. this is a good approach across the board not just in healthcare. >> they almost have no complexibility they have to cover this and this and this whatever obama care tidictates....
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i was on the law school faculty. he was a returning veteran from the vietnam war, having led a rifle platoon in the third marine division, receiving a bronze star, purple heart, and vietnamese cross of gallantry. i was always on the lookout for incoming students who played squash. bob more than filled that bill. he improve my game, although i never, never beat the man. i did, however, get to know him very well. he was a prince. bob also was smart, smart enough for me to offer him a job as my research assistant and dumb enough to accept. he was a delight to work with, and together, we produced an article -- the energy environment conflict: fighting electric power facilities -- which was published in 1972. when bob graduated from uva he left a real hole in my life, but i knew for sure he was going to accomplish great things. we kept in touch as his career progressed until fbi swallowed him in 2001. bob's legal career has been mainly in public service with interruptions for private practice. all of his focus on criminal
i was on the law school faculty. he was a returning veteran from the vietnam war, having led a rifle platoon in the third marine division, receiving a bronze star, purple heart, and vietnamese cross of gallantry. i was always on the lookout for incoming students who played squash. bob more than filled that bill. he improve my game, although i never, never beat the man. i did, however, get to know him very well. he was a prince. bob also was smart, smart enough for me to offer him a job as my...
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made the twice to continue violating both state and local laws. a suspension will not require marrakech to close, because they are a restaurant. the smoking usually starts about 10:30 or so. so they are not going to close:thank you. >> i have a couple of questions for you. >> sure. >> how prevalent is this type of restaurant, where hooka is being smoked throughout the city? like how many are there to nour knowledge? >> left? >> yes >> for restaurants, marrakech and one another. there is a tobacco shop, but they are all in enforcement. there were 18. >> so do you know if the restaurants that had hooka continue to operate as restaurants that may sell tobacco, but don't have smoking on the premisings? >> yes, they are all racing as restaurants. the ones that closed were tobacco shops and didn't have any other type of business, but the smoking. >> okay. thank you. >> my young, just to confirm, when you said january 13th, you were talking about several days ago? >> yes. >> just a couple of days ago >> you have three minutes for rebeautool. >> the first
made the twice to continue violating both state and local laws. a suspension will not require marrakech to close, because they are a restaurant. the smoking usually starts about 10:30 or so. so they are not going to close:thank you. >> i have a couple of questions for you. >> sure. >> how prevalent is this type of restaurant, where hooka is being smoked throughout the city? like how many are there to nour knowledge? >> left? >> yes >> for restaurants,...
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current law? every day, thousands of criminal illegal aliens are aphandied -- apprehended by local law enforcement, they contact i.c.e. and i.c.e. directs them to release the criminal aliens. there is no reason to believe that if we pass the reform willing, they're going to change anything, they're going to beef up enforcement or change it in any way. >> a lot of times, you know, state and local governments have had to deal with the on- the-ground issues of all of this. one of the things that came up was the electronic registration for immigrants. some folks on the left have voiced concerns about this, especially the aclu. do you have a problem with people having to register with the government? do you think this population will be receptive to doing that? >> and thank you very much, tom. i would agree with corey we have a problem andha is the problem that congress is not a directioning reform. with regard to the principles laid out, specifically e verify, the problem that social security administ
current law? every day, thousands of criminal illegal aliens are aphandied -- apprehended by local law enforcement, they contact i.c.e. and i.c.e. directs them to release the criminal aliens. there is no reason to believe that if we pass the reform willing, they're going to change anything, they're going to beef up enforcement or change it in any way. >> a lot of times, you know, state and local governments have had to deal with the on- the-ground issues of all of this. one of the things...
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i think the people do want to see is the rule of law, not necessarily our law, but their law. that is something that i think people respond positively to. if they see that the soldiers around them are enforcing the law rather than preying upon them, rather than stealing from them, rather than ripping their daughters, if they see that the soldiers are pulled in the law they're going to be much more likely to support the soldiers. suppled and the rule of law is, i would argue, a crucial moment of successful counterinsurgency. >> right here. >> robert price. office of secretary defense. had we do this cheap and easy? have done this before year not twice. counterinsurgency, long term, even after some of the immediate threats were taken down followed by extensive amounts of nation-building. yet to do that every time? is there a cheaper and easier way to do this? >> well, ideally you will not have to wage future counterinsurgencies by sending hundreds of thousands of american troops to foreign lands. ideally we would be able to partner with foreign troops in their own countries to e
i think the people do want to see is the rule of law, not necessarily our law, but their law. that is something that i think people respond positively to. if they see that the soldiers around them are enforcing the law rather than preying upon them, rather than stealing from them, rather than ripping their daughters, if they see that the soldiers are pulled in the law they're going to be much more likely to support the soldiers. suppled and the rule of law is, i would argue, a crucial moment of...
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because the law is clear. before any hearing is conducted under this section, section 19-{^21} you shall provide permitee at least 20 days written notice. permitee only got 12 days. back to this document, you will see again, she was cited under section 19-21. let's keep looking at this document. failure -- down here in red ink says, "failure to appear may result in -- they have two boxes here. the second box is suspension, revocation of your permit to operate the above referenced site. the box is unchecked. you may have read in the respondent's supplemental brief. secondly, you will look at allowing illegal activity to occur on the premises. no reference. usually they might incorporate by reference, but there is no specified illegal activity. and then you see the notice of hearings, particularly in the massage business. most of the people are first-generation americans, with what they call with language problems. they have difficultis with the english language. english is a second language. how are they suppos
because the law is clear. before any hearing is conducted under this section, section 19-{^21} you shall provide permitee at least 20 days written notice. permitee only got 12 days. back to this document, you will see again, she was cited under section 19-21. let's keep looking at this document. failure -- down here in red ink says, "failure to appear may result in -- they have two boxes here. the second box is suspension, revocation of your permit to operate the above referenced site. the...
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we're hoping seth's law is the first of many. in addition to their reporting you also have to document, we feel like this is the science of it which, you know, sounds a little sterile when you consider the emotional loss, but that you document each incident as it happens so you have a record and you also look at the climate, the culture, and also the perpetrator. we have a second piece of legislation that calls for the restoretive justice element that people were talking about with regard to bullying, not just lgbt kids but in general. there was a sect committee this year of men and boys of color and that committee came out with a number of pieces of legislation all based on alerting to more programs, actually codifying the issue and also consequences and solutions and particularly with an accent on looking on is suspension automatic, is expulsion automatic. cyber bullying, another dimension of all this, the new technology, we're all catching up, there are two, three pieces of legislation that i co-authored, i am not the sponsor,
we're hoping seth's law is the first of many. in addition to their reporting you also have to document, we feel like this is the science of it which, you know, sounds a little sterile when you consider the emotional loss, but that you document each incident as it happens so you have a record and you also look at the climate, the culture, and also the perpetrator. we have a second piece of legislation that calls for the restoretive justice element that people were talking about with regard to...
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but the behavior behavior is nothing to the rule of law they're not obeying the rule of law or even the rule of the constitution or even the spirit of the constitution they're just acting out as sociopaths and psychopaths and they are in any time to get caught they rewrite the law they rewrite the rules that's why the u.s. is in a dire straits is that there is no rule of law well finally you know the economist magazine even on the death of aaron swartz this is what he says and it's something to think about as you you know contemplate this act of what is happening in the u.s. to call aaron swartz gifted would be to miss the point as far as the internet was concerned he was the gift i remember that is the acts that he did he got he ended sopa and they're already trying to come out us again with this new internationally u.n. one but he stopped sopa from happening and we could still do it one individual can stop tyranny and of course they can and they'll gun him down as they pop up unless the society decides to brace. said in the documents in the human rights and the rights of men and the e
but the behavior behavior is nothing to the rule of law they're not obeying the rule of law or even the rule of the constitution or even the spirit of the constitution they're just acting out as sociopaths and psychopaths and they are in any time to get caught they rewrite the law they rewrite the rules that's why the u.s. is in a dire straits is that there is no rule of law well finally you know the economist magazine even on the death of aaron swartz this is what he says and it's something to...
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by a legal we're not talking about five or 10 among law-abiding citizen. we're talking about selling gu guns, people are engaged in gun sales -- without any interpretation of the law. and go after criminals, people with records who are carrying guns illegally. that's been done in cooperation with the u.s. attorney here in chicago. then recently affect -- that's i think the important thing is to find ways to go after the criminals here. what i'm afraid we're going to do with things like the assault weapons ban, limits on magazines come is you're going to do things that affect, has an effect almost exclusively on people who are not criminals, who are law-abiding gun owners, and we waste a lot of time and effort on things that will actually have very little payoff. >> congressman? >> closing the gun show loophole i think is a no-brainer that you can get both parties to vote on. what's been left out of this discussion is untreated mental illness. and until we figure out how to reverse what happened in the '80s when basically they opened the doors to mental ins
by a legal we're not talking about five or 10 among law-abiding citizen. we're talking about selling gu guns, people are engaged in gun sales -- without any interpretation of the law. and go after criminals, people with records who are carrying guns illegally. that's been done in cooperation with the u.s. attorney here in chicago. then recently affect -- that's i think the important thing is to find ways to go after the criminals here. what i'm afraid we're going to do with things like the...